SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-013028 to HW Electro Co., Ltd. (HWEP)
HW Electro Co., Ltd.
Date: Nov. 29, 2023 · CIK: 0001980262 · Accession: 0000000000-23-013028
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
November 29, 2023
Weicheng Hsiao
Chief Executive Officer
HW Electro Co., Ltd.
301, Aomi 2-chome 7-4 the SOHO
Koto-ku, Tokyo
135-0064 Japan
Re:HW Electro Co., Ltd.
Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed November 8, 2023
File No. 333-2754132
Dear Weicheng Hsiao:
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following comment(s).
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances
or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form F-1 filed November 8, 2023
Risk Factors
"We require as significant amount of cash to fund our operations and business expansion.....",
page 20
1.You disclose on pages 20 and 56 that you believe you have sufficient capital to meet your
anticipated cash needs for the next 12 months. However, your auditor indicates in its
review report for the six months ended March 31, 2023 that the substantial doubt about
your ability to continue as a going concern has not been alleviated and is still outstanding.
Please revise your disclosures to address this discrepancy.
FirstName LastNameWeicheng Hsiao
Comapany NameHW Electro Co., Ltd.
November 29, 2023 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Weicheng Hsiao
HW Electro Co., Ltd.
November 29, 2023
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Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 55
2.We note your updated disclosures in response to prior comment 5 and reissue the
comment in part. Please revise to disclose the fact that your auditor has expressed in its
audit and review reports substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going
concern and disclose the potential effect the going concern opinion may have on your
ability to raise additional funds.
Cash Flow from Operating Activities, page 57
3.We note your updated disclosure in response to prior comment 6 and reissue our
comment. Your discussion of cash flow from operating activities appears to be a recitation
of the changes already disclosed in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Please revise
to discuss material changes in the underlying drivers that affected these cash flows. These
disclosures should include a discussion of the underlying reasons for changes in working
capital items that materially affect operating cash flows. Refer to Section IV.B.1 of SEC
Release No. 33-8350.
Index to Financial Statements, page F-1
4.Your audited financial statements are currently older than 12 months and this is an initial
public offering of your shares. Accordingly, please update your financial statements
pursuant to Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F or provide the appropriate representation in an
exhibit. Refer to Instruction 2 to Item 8.A.4.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
Please contact SiSi Cheng at 202-551-5004 or Andrew Blume at 202-551-3254 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Eranga Dias at 202-551-8107 or Asia Timmons-Pierce at 202-551-3754 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing